Development isn’t a race. It’s a flow. 

Every child—and parent—is figuring it out at their own pace.

Instead of milestones, we encourage you to focus on this amazing moment.

Your child’s brain makes more than one million neural connections per second in these first three years. Simple, consistent interactions with them today can have profound, lifelong benefits.

Here’s how little one’s brain is developing this month, and how you can support their progress.

Developmental Highlight

Think about what little one knows now that they didn’t know a few months ago… Little one has a good grasp of size and quantity. They know when someone has more crackers than they do, or if one toy is bigger than another. They can show how old they are on their fingers and sort objects by shape and size. 

Learning through comparisons and polarities like big/little, long/short, and more/less is a major step into high-level executive function (analysis, abstract reasoning, calculations, and predictions). These are logical, mathematical concepts. Little one masters them with everyday experiences—doing, trying, failing, and repeating—rather than formal teaching through memorization.

Brain-Building Activity

Compare! Compare! Compare

Routine: Anytime

Comparing builds critical thinking, reasoning, and working memory. Throughout the day, make an effort to compare the sizes and amounts of everyday items in little one’s world. Make it feel like a game, showing enthusiasm when they get it right.

Try questions like:

• Which ball is bigger?
  
  

• Which bowl has less cereal?
  
  

• Do you want a big scoop or a little scoop?
  
  

• Which box has more crayons?
  
  

• Can you fit in this box?
  
  

• Which puppy is smaller?
  
  

You can even use your HealthyBaby delivery for this activity:

• Which box has more wipes inside?
  
  

• Do you want to wash your hands with a lot of bubbles or just a little?
  
  

• Which bottle has less lotion?
  
  

Guess What’s In The Bag

Routine: Playtime

Sight isn’t the only sense we use to make comparisons. Encourage little one to use touch and smell in this educated guessing game that exercises their memory and self-regulation.

• Place three common objects in an opaque bag.
  
  

• Let little one touch the objects without looking inside the bag and guess what they are.
  
  

• Encourage little one to smell the objects inside the bag, if they need help guessing.
  
  

• Take the items out of the bag to find out if little one’s guesses were correct.
  
  

• You can play this game again and again with different items.
  
  

You’ve Got This

Learning to compare is a big accomplishment for little one, but it can become a trap for parents. Comparing your child or parenting to anyone else’s—especially the picture-perfect highlights shared on social media—can make you feel insecure and inadequate. 

You and little one don’t deserve that! The relationship you share is beautiful, unique, and stronger every day. It’s something to be celebrated, not judged. 

Try to avoid comparing yourself to others—easier said than done, we know—and keep in mind that finding similarities is more helpful than finding differences. When you inevitably find yourself comparing, think about the other side of the coin. How are you and little one like these other people? This reframing cultivates more empathy for yourself and others. 

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